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ASSISTING LITERACY WITH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER TUTORS
SELECTED READINGS
Adler, M. (1999). The America Reads challenge: an analysis of college students’ tutoring. Ann Arbor.
Al Otaiba, S., & Pappamihiel, N. E. (2005). Guidelines for using volunteer literacy tutors to support reading instruction for English language learners. Teaching Exceptional Children, 37(6), 6-11.
Baker, S., Gersten, R., & Keating, T. (2000). When Less May Be More: A 2-Year Longitudinal Evaluation of a Volunteer Tutoring Program Requiring Minimal Training. Reading Research Quarterly, 35(4), 494–519. doi:10.1598/RRQ.35.4.3
Berrill, D. (2009). What works? research in practice: try literacy tutoring first. Research Monograph #21. Ontario.
Berrill, D., Doucette, L., & Verhulst, D. (2006). Tutoring adolescent readers. Ontario: Pembroke Publishing.
Causton-Theoharis, J. N., Giangreco, M. F., Doyle, M. B., & Vadasy, P. F. (2007). The “Sous-Chefs” of Literacy Instruction. Teaching Exceptional Children, 40(1), 56–62.
Chandler-Olcott, K. & Hinchman, K. A. (2005). Tutoring adolescent literacy learners: a guide for volunteers. New York: Guilford Press.
Elbaum, B., Vaughn, S., Hughes, M. T. & Moody, S. M. (2000). How effective are one-to-one tutoring programs in reading for elementary students at risk for reading failure? A meta-analysis of the intervention research. Journal of Educational Psychology, (92)4, 605-619.
Fitzgerald, J. (2001). Can Minimally Trained College Student Volunteers Help Young At-Risk Children to Read Better? Reading Research Quarterly, 36(1), 28–46. doi:10.1598/RRQ.36.1.2
Haverback, H. R., & Parault, S. J. (2008). Pre-Service Reading Teacher Efficacy and Tutoring: A Review. Educational Psychology Review, 20(3), 237–255. doi:10.1007/s10648-008-9077-4
Invernizzi, M., Rosemary, C., Juel, C., & Richards, H. C. (1997). At-Risk Readers and Community Volunteers: A 3-Year Perspective. Scientific Studies of Reading, 1(3), 277–300. doi:10.1207/s1532799xssr0103_6
Jacob, R. T., Armstrong, C. & Willard, J. A. (2015). Mobilising volunteer tutors to improve student literacy: implementation, impacts and costs of the Reading Partners Program. New York: MDRC.
Jacob, R. T., Smith, T. J., Willard, J. A., & Rifkin, R. E. (2014). Reading Partners: The Implementation and Effectiveness of a One-on-One Tutoring Program Delivered by Community Volunteers. New York: MDRC.
Johnston, F., Invernizzi, M., Juel, C., & Lewis-Wagner, D. (2009). Book buddies: a tutoring framework for struggling readers (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
Koralek, D. & Collins, R. (1996). Developing a tutoring program. Retrieved on 20 November 2015 from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/developing-tutoring-program.
Leal, D., Mowrer, C., & Cunningham, J. (2002). A survey of contexts for successful literacy tutors. Reading Horizons, 43(2), 128 – 139.
Mencer, J., McShane, S., Wilson, A., Brown-Falu, J. L., Smith, K., Lythgoe, S., & Aguilar, N. (2006). Planning for volunteers in literacy: a guidebook. Louisville, KY: National Centre for Family Literacy.
Morris, D. (2005). The Howard Street tutoring manual. New York: Guilford Press.
Morrow, L. M., & Woo, D. G. (Eds.). (2001). Tutoring programs for struggling readers: the America Reads challenge. New York: Guilford Press.
Morrow, L., Woo, D., & Radzin, A. (2000). Implementation of an America Reads tutoring program. Reading Online, 4(4).
Pinnell, G. S., & Fountas, I. C. (1997a). Help America Read: A Handbook for Volunteers. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
Pinnell, G. S., & Fountas, I. C. (1997b). Help America Read: Coordinator’s Guide. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
Prosser, T., & Levesque, J. (1997). Supporting literacy through service learning. The Reading Teacher, 51(1), 32 – 38.
Vasquez, V. (2010). The power of the partner: investigating the effects of structured reading buddies and reading strategies on the attitudes and comprehension of seventh grade students.
Vaughn, S., Klingner, J. K., Swanson, E. A., Boardman, A. G., Roberts, G., Mohammed, S. S., & Stillman-Spisak, S. J. (2011). Efficacy of Collaborative Strategic Reading With Middle School Students. American Educational Research Journal, 48(4), 938–964. doi:10.3102/0002831211410305
Wasik, B. A. (1997). Volunteer tutoring programs: a review of research on achievement outcomes. Baltimore.
Wasik, B., & Slavin, R. (1993). Preventing early reading failure with one-to-one tutoring: a review of five programs. Reading Research Quarterly, 28(3), 179 – 200.
Woolley, G., & Hay, I. (2007). Reading interventions: the benefits of using trained tutors. The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 30(1), 9 – 20.
Worthy, J., Prater, K., & J, P. (2003). “It”s a program that looks great on paper’: the challenge of America Reads. Journal of Literacy Research, 35(3), 879 – 910.